and 21 groups were outfitted with B-24s in the Eighth Air Force alone. Republic P-47 “Thunderbolt” Entered service: Eighth: December 1942 (4th, 56th, 78th Fighter Groups); first operational ...

Lieutenant General Henry “Hap” Arnold was appointed Major General, Carl Spaatz commanded the new Eighth Air Force. Brigadier ...

Sheppard was a part of the 332nd fighter group and was in the Tuskegee experiment ... continue to be told to future generations,” said Sheppard. The Mighty Eighth Air Force museum has their own ...

Brigadier General Frank Hunter, of Savannah, was put in charge of Fighter Command and Brigadier General Ira Eaker was made ...